After a long hiatus, I have returned to Your State Flag Stinks to perform a public service. I am redesigning the Mississippi State Flag, which is the last state flag to still feature the stars and bars of the confederacy. Here is the current Mississippi State Flag.
I love The Dukes of Hazzard as much as anybody, but the canton of this flag is a symbol of racism and secession, and has no business on a flag associated with the United States of America. I know some of you disagree strongly with this point, but you are very, very wrong. Here’s mine.
As you see, I have removed the racism with a reference to the Bonnie Blue Flag, which is merely a symbol of secession, but one that not many people remember. This is a compromise, Mississippi. Take it. I have seen similar proposals with a constellation of 20 stars on the canton, but I wanted to give Mississippi schoolchildren a break from having to draw so many stars. I would like to thank the Mississippi State Legislature in advance for adopting this flag. Please make your check payable to Andy Rash, or use the PayPal button to the right.
i really like the one they tried to use in 2001: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Mississippi_2001_flag_proposal.svg
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, that isn't the stars and bars. That would be the southern cross. Secondly, that symbol only repersents the confederate military and was their battle flag. This flag adaptation symbolizes the readmission of Mississippi to the Union. If you look up the confederate national flag, the real stars and bars, it's one seal away from becoming Georgia's state flag. I agree this symbolism should be changed (and my family died for the confederate cause) but if you criticize the flag, at least know what your talking about.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, that isn't the stars and bars. That would be the southern cross. Secondly, that symbol only repersents the confederate military and was their battle flag. This flag adaptation symbolizes the readmission of Mississippi to the Union. If you look up the confederate national flag, the real stars and bars, it's one seal away from becoming Georgia's state flag. I agree this symbolism should be changed (and my family died for the confederate cause) but if you criticize the flag, at least know what your talking about.
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ReplyDeleteI think your Flag Blog is a BLAST! It's honest, and offers a suggestion of how to fix things... I salute you sir! Keep up the great work.--Gregory
Whats wrong with flags having a symbol of secession? I understand the problems with racism but is Hawaii's canton any better, considering the atrocities of the British empire? I believe in government by the consent of the governed. If a state decides to leave a union that no longer represents it's constituents, it has every right to. It was wrong for southerners to force slaves into the ownership of their masters. It was wrong for Lincoln to raise an army against his own countrymen to kill peaceful secessionists. Every other country that had slavery got rid of it around the same time as us, the last being Brazil in the 1880s. All did this peacefully due to economic and political pressures. I don't think the deaths of 800000 Americans to stop slavery was uniquely necessary to the USA.
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ReplyDeleteWe need this now more than ever. The finalists for the official redesign are not great.
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